Affiliate Members consist of non-insurance companies that provide goods and/or services to the medical professional liability insurance industry.

The PIAA is pleased to introduce a new tier to its successful Affiliate Membership program: a new, five-year pilot membership program for legal defense firms that have an ongoing business relationship with PIAA regular or associate members. The new program, Affiliate Membership for Defense Law Firms (AMDLF), was designed to be mutually beneficial to PIAA members and the defense law firms that serve them.

Please note that first year membership dues will be prorated by number of full months left in the calendar year.

We hope you will take advantage of this unique opportunity to participate in an exclusive forum for defense law firms that serve the physician-owned and/or -operated medical professional liability insurance industry.

Las Vegas on April 2–4, 2008. This workshop is intended for marketing professionals of all levels: account representatives, corporate communications personnel, physician and insurance executives, board members, and any PIAA members with an interest in medical professional liability insurance marketing and sales.

This comprehensive program offers a host of presentations on individual issues specific to marketing, sales, and communications, as well as updates on the performance of the medical professional liability insurance industry as a whole. Duane Castles

CICA is the first and best source of unbiased information, knowledge and leadership for captive insurance decision-makers. Look to CICA for the best networking, education and advocacy for the captive insurance industry.

Important CICA Benefit Join a vibrant network of industry peers—a high-level network of alternative risk professionals who are eager to exchange ideas and share solutions.

Duane founded Prime Advisors, Inc® in 1988. He has overall responsibility for implementing investment policies for clients and supervising investment operations. Duane has been actively involved with both individual and institutional clients since 1983. Prior to founding Prime, Duane was at Seattle-Northwest Securities. He also managed the Municipal Bond Department at U.S. Bank in Portland, Oregon where he had overall responsibility for trading and underwriting. During his tenure, the bank’s bond trading earnings were consistently at record levels. Along with Vince Rowland, Duane developed the theory of Dynamic Cash Flow Risk Reward AnalysisSM, and the return on surplus portfolio analysis methodology for insurance company portfolios. Duane graduated from Washington State University with a BA in Business Administration (Finance and Economics), and was both an MSRB (Municipal Securities) Registered Representative and an MSRB Principal.

Prime Advisors, Inc.® was founded in 1988 with the express purpose of specializing in the management of insurance company investment portfolios. Over the years, Prime has developed a disciplined approach to working with insurance companies to help them establish investment strategies that are linked to their unique financial goals and objectives. We work closely with our insurance company clients and their advisors to help address the complexity of managing insurance assets and creating appropriate investment strategies.

Based in Redmond, Washington, with a branch office in Windsor, Connecticut (a suburb of Hartford), Prime Advisors is owned by its employees and directors. Prime Advisors, Inc. is a Federally Registered Investment Advisor under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

About Prime Advisors, Inc. Prime Advisors, Inc.®, a federally registered investment advisory firm focused primarily on managing investment grade bond portfolios for the insurance industry. Since 1988, we have worked with our insurance clients to create integrated investment strategies, linking their financial goals with current capital market opportunities. At Prime Advisors we understand that no single approach or one set of guidelines applies to every company. Our systematic and disciplined approach to the complexities of managing insurance company investment portfolios gives us a unique ability to develop customized solutions that integrate investment strategy with the realities of an insurance company’s operations.